The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-23

> they decline 70. adopt the prop lsed
Q bil, but recommend the suhstitute
= therefor, which, in the Judgment Of
the committee, will fully meet all
9 present exigeneies asd place the coun-
3 try in q position readily and quickly
r to provide against ell future c ri sencies
r as they may arise. The report is
: largely description Of the bill, which
!, was publish d in full yesterday, and
D de6pes the objects OF lis pro-
3 visions. In referring to the
appropriation Of $25O,000 for steel
castings and forgines for gun
, material for s, 10 and II breech load.
io.' rihs guns, the Iep-rt says: at
/ may ne asked why the amount ap 70.
=, Jstt a is 70 small and why no proyie-
inr e mat, . for still larger gun, and
wbv he am, ropiistion lie restricted o
steal sod exb. udes cast iron. The
ansgsr ri, the con miItee t. these in.
terTogations msy b. prnh stated. I
Steel was seisstsd 5eeA use the com.
mittee believe Is 10 be tbe best mate
rial for large gnns,as proven D. actual
test, and it would seem t. be l. ami
fest truth to the ordinary mind frb,u
common observation. Why are steel
rails preferred in the construc ion OF
siwsys, and why is cast iron laid
aside AMI steel substituied2 The
answer is manifest: By reason of the
greater endurance of steel; the straiD,
shock and wear to which the rail is
subjected is better epdu ed by steel
TIE amount fxed is believed to be
fully as laIgs ss can be prof ably tx.
pended in material in the time within
VIII ch the APP reputation is limited,
aud the s!zs OF tue guns designated
III ly as large as it may reasonably
be expected will be produced and
manufactured within the time limited.
Toe mai ufacture Of steel for guns in
this country is in i.s infancy. No
eleven or twelve inch steel gun has
been reduced, and no manufacture ,
has plant ready t. handle them. 1t
seems a simple thing to order twelve
or fifteen II Gu ritls 10 be made, but we
CONSIDER the enormous strain which
such gun must b5ar in order TO be a
success and tue great danger both to
the msn employed to handle it in &C. i
ton and to the place proposed to be 6
protected b. it in ca of failure when
TIE gun shall be put into use at a Cit J
ical moment. 1t is manifest to thu
committee that resi- prog ess in the
art OF gun making in America means (
the adoption Of the conservative &C. :
tion-"make haste slowly" Second,
gun manu- acture of the kind oontem-
pla'ed by this set is in its infancy in =
this country, and it must lesrn to
creep before it can walk and walk he.
fore 1t can run. While the producer o
OF material from his past exper ence r
would hesitate to contact for material
r. quired for fifteen incb gun, be would T,
very readily assume to supply msteiisl a
for an eight inch gun becsuss of the b
expsrieuce we have alrt ady had in the
cops Iuetion of ak inch guue, and -
having become familiarized with nee s
eEsary requirements for an eight inch, 4
he will just as readily advance to
ten inch gun and 80 on. The report ,
outlines and comments upon the other y
features of the bill. o. "
The House then went into Com "
nittee of the Whole, MIR. M A
Millin (Fenn) in the chair, for
Of tie Senate amend. 10
nents 10 the po,toffice bill. The only p
'm5 ndment upon which non-concur- "
ence ID recommended is that appro- +
,rlsting 100000 for the transporta-
ion OF foreign mails By American Ii
tesnships to Southern and Central la
America and the Empire Of Brazil. v
Mr.. Burrows mich J moved a con- az
'urrence end spoke in favor of his
notion. nj
Pending further debate, the com. or
nittee rose, and the House proceeded 10
o the consideration Of resolutions ex- =,
reesive of regret at the death of Sem 90 90
tor Anstn +. Pike, OF Nav Hamp- 81
hire. Eulogies were delivered by
dessr5. Hsioes and Galinger IN III P1
ing (Mass.), Holman (Tnd.), Brown w
Pa.), RocE well (Mass.), DINGHY az
Me), and Cutcheon (Mich.); and al
hen, as mark Of respect to the mem. III
ry of the deceased, the House ad-
Jurued. ri,